<p>First I received a letter from Colgate University after I had sent my SAT scores to them which said basically that they wanted me to go through with my application. Then the day after that I got several brochures about Colgate University. Does every applicant get one of these before they even apply?</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Every college/university that you contact will send you email about their programs and/or paper brochures/letters/etc. This is standard marketing practice in the US. Please remember that this stuff is designed to make the college/university as attractive as possible. The information that is most important for you to know may not appear in any of the mailings/emails. Be prepared to contact the colleges/universities yourself and ask the questions that you want to ask.</p>
<p>One way you get on a mailing list by testing agencies providing your name and address and that you are in a certain range of test scores. The result can be truckloads of promo material and often many are repeated – get on Washington University of St Louis’s list and you will have enough copies of the same mail and brochures to keep your fireplace going all winter. Receipt of any such material does not assure or show you will be actually admitted.</p>
<p>I know it wasn’t an acceptance letter -_-</p>
<p>My question still remains partly unanswered. Does every student in the right score range get these materials or just certain types of people (like me since I am from Sweden and maybe they need a Swede this year).</p>
<p>Another question: Colgate’s website says that their student body includes at least one Swedish student, but according to their brochure, no Swedes were in the student body between 2010 and 2011. Does this have to mean that a Swedish student was accepted last year or is maybe the website not updated? Can I find out in any way if their is a Swede attending Colgate or not? Thanks for the replies!</p>
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<p>Everyone gets these. After taking my PSAT last year I got letters from like Brown, Penn, Northwestern, etc. but I would be on the edge applying to any of these (I could get in, but it wouldn’t be likely). As a poster said above, it’s standard marketing to send stuff to prospective students.</p>